#B4A8EA#B4A8EA

#B4A8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.094 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8EA
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 17.99, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 36.30, 299.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0358 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.094 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6728, 43.6485, 83.7393)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8EA #DEEAA8

analogous

#A8BDEA #B4A8EA #D5A8EA

triadic

#B4A8EA #EAB4A8 #A8EAB4

tetradic

#B4A8EA #EAA8BD #DEEAA8 #A8EAD5

square

#B4A8EA #EAA8BD #DEEAA8 #A8EAD5

split-complementary

#B4A8EA #EAD5A8 #BDEAA8

monochromatic

#5F45D2 #8A77DE #B4A8EA #DFD9F6 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B4A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B4A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8EA

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8EA	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.094 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc1f1',
    500: '#b4a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8ea;
$custom-light: #cbc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76545,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8EA

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C91DAA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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